7 Keys of Renovation

As we leave the summer season and enter fall, we are in a time of transition. We are leaving the old and entering the new. I want to share with you seven keys we have learned in this prophetic process of renovation so that we can leave the old behind and move in to the new.

1. Get a plan and make a budget. Count the cost to move forward. Moving in to the new can be harder and messier, not to mention more expensive, than staying the same or going back. Nonetheless, when God shifts, we must shift with Him. Get a plan to move forward, then be flexible as God reforms you in the midst of your process. Stretch your faith expectation for God’s supernatural provision both for spiritual release as well as financial supply to help you move in to the new thing.
2. Strengthen the foundations. Make sure the foundations of our personal faith are strong so that we might withstand the rising tide in the earth today. Ephesians 2:20 declares that the church must be built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ Himself being the chief Cornerstone. Have you allowed your life to be aligned to God’s prophetic/apostolic purposes in this season? What has He said to you recently? We must continuously have our ears open to hear what The Lord is speaking.
3. Deal with the leaks. Leaks are the holes that allow our covering of protection to be breached, making us vulnerable to the destructive nature of the enemy. Things such as sin, judgments, unforgiveness, addictive cycles and disobedience become holes in our armor. Now is the time to pursue righteousness and holiness and allow God to renovate our hearts by His Holy Spirit fire and to plug up every leak in our life that we might be fortified for the new.
4. Make the tough decisions. During renovation we have had to decide what to keep and what to get rid of, what to change and what to leave the same. At times we must say good-bye to things that were precious to us in the last season but need to be transitioned to the new. Sometimes we need a friend to help us see what needs to change. To us, perhaps, “It’s just the way things have always been.” Our theme song for this season comes from the recent kid’s movie Frozen….“Let it Go, let it go!” It’s hard, but letting go is a necessary part of change.
5. Tear out the old, outdated, redundant and damaged. When it came time to tear up the damaged carpet in our church, I had never seen our people so excited to destroy things! That’s because they understood what God was doing in our midst (and maybe because they had grown to hate the old carpet). Before Elisha could receive the double portion mantle from Elijah, he had to first tear the mantle of the last season which he had been wearing. The tearing can be a natural event, a disruption in plans, a shift in vision, new alignments for new assignments….but be aware of this: you cannot put new wine in old wineskins, nor can you put a new mantle on top of the old one. The old must be torn away!
6. Repair the walls. This too is a part of renovation. Nehemiah had an assignment to rebuild the walls of the city of Jerusalem. It was a daunting task. But he had a strategy. He told the people to repair the walls in front of their own homes, then the whole wall would be built all around the city. In this season we must have a view to repair our own walls and to take personal responsibility for our own assignments. But we also need to have the view of the corporate assignment from The Lord for our local church and for our city. God isn’t just interested in renovating a building He wants to change cities and nations for His glory! Be sure your vision is part of a bigger vision to see Kingdom accomplishments come to your church, your city and even your nation.
7. Get ready for the new! We can tear out the old, but we still must get ready for the new. Here is the trick in our walk with The Lord. We don’t often get clarity about what the new looks like until we get there. Human nature wants us to jump in to define what the new looks like, but we must be patient as The Lord reveals the full picture. So it can be a frustrating time of pressing in yet being patient at the same time. We must prayerfully and prophetically stay in a time of vision and discovery until God’s reformed, restored, reinvigorated and revived church takes shape.

God wants to break us through to this new season. It’s our time! Join us this October 21-24, 2014 at the International Gathering of Apostles & Prophets as we celebrate Bishop & Mom Hamon’s 60th year of ministry and Bishop’s 80th Birthday. For more information go to www.ChristianInternational.com/IGAP.
Blessings,
Apostle Jane Hamon